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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA 93·NCES 290100000310
RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.
1800 W ROLLINS RD, COLUMBIA, MO 65203 · (573) 214-3650 · Boone County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
87 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
83.2%
MO avg 49.5% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
75.2%
MO avg 48.7% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 34 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
500
+83 (+20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.8:1
% White
76%
was 74%
% Hispanic
4%
was 7%
% Black
8%
was 7%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.
Located at 1800 W ROLLINS RD, in COLUMBIA, Missouri, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is a large primary school that caters to 500 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by COLUMBIA 93. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 315.
COLUMBIA 93 comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 18,640 students; RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is among them.
Demographically, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school lists 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Boone County's rate of about 38%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.9%; RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. posts 84.9%, +33.9 points above that line.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Boone County shows median household earnings sit near $72,758, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: FAIRVIEW ELEM., around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 65.5%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.'s enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 500). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,043
Census ACS
Median income
$72,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
24,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA 93
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- FAIRVIEW ELEM.0.9 mi · 471
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 553
- WEST BLVD. ELEM.1.1 mi · 327
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.1.4 mi · 619
- ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM.1.5 mi · 296
- SMITHTON MIDDLE1.6 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.What is the total enrollment at RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.?
RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. serve?
RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is approximately 14.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.?
At RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM., the student body is approximately 76% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. public or private?
RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLUMBIA 93.
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